Keratocyte loss in corneal infection through apoptosis: A histologic study of 59 cases

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Vemuganti, Geeta K ^a   Reddy, Kishore ^a   Iftekhar, Ghazala ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a   Sharma, Savitri ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL LOSS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NICK END LABELING; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; REVIEW; STROMA; TISSUE SECTION; VIRUS KERATITIS; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS; FIBROBLAST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 14644417905     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-4-16     Document Type: Review

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